Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at Community Hospital San Bernardino

1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,236.88

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$10,836.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$333.52 with LA Care vs $10,415.00 with Redlands — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $333.52 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $333.52 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $333.52 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $333.52 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $333.52 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $333.52 ↓ -92%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $441.49 ↓ -90%
Patton Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Epic Health Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Redlands Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $466.93 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicaid|All Plans $489.27 ↓ -88%
Ballards Rehab Commercial|All Plans $499.15 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $500.28 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $504.58 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $504.58 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $643.87 ↓ -85%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $667.04 ↓ -84%
Epic Health Commercial|All Plans $771.41 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $773.52 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $779.00 ↓ -82%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $796.00 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $828.27 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↓ -80%
Naphcare Commercial|All Plans $884.85 ↓ -79%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $899.00 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,004.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,004.00 ↓ -76%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,667.60 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,075.00 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,594.00 ↓ -39%
HPN Medicare|Senior $5,728.25 ↑ +35%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $6,040.70 ↑ +43%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $6,249.00 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,457.30 ↑ +52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,290.50 ↑ +72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,332.00 ↑ +97%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $10,415.00 ↑ +146%

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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $2,999.67 $333.52 – $7,171.72
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,916.21 $453.77 – $5,193.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $3,402.72 $71.43 – $4,749.12
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,118.87 $470.15 – $5,844.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,828.46 $333.52 – $6,654.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $9,470.52 $333.52 – $3,786.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,045.84 $333.52 – $2,111.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,431.17 $333.52 – $5,242.40

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